Randall Kamien

Randall David Kamien
Kamien in 2022
Born	(1966-02-25) February 25, 1966 (age 58) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Alma mater	California Institute of Technology (B.S., 1988) California Institute of Technology (M.S., 1988) Harvard University (Ph.D, 1992)
Known for	Grain boundaries Focal conic domains Liquid crystals
Awards	G.W. Gray Medal British Liquid Crystal Society (2016)
Scientific career
Fields	Condensed Matter Physics
Institutions	Harvard University Institute for Advanced Studies University of Pennsylvania
Thesis	Directed Line Liquids  (1992)
Doctoral advisor	David R. Nelson

Randall David Kamien (born February 25, 1966)^{[citation needed]} is a theoretical condensed matter physicist specializing in the physics of liquid crystals and is the Vicki and William Abrams Professor in the Natural Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.^[1]